Wizards' Okafor, Singleton sidelined with injuries

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Sep 19, 2013

Washington Wizards forward Chris Singleton will be sidelined about six to eight weeks with a broken bone in his left foot. Okafor averaged 9.7 points and 8.8 rebounds in 79 games for the Wizards last season. The Wizards said Wednesday that Okafor's injury… (more) was diagnosed by an MRI after he experienced discomfort in his neck. The Washington Wizards announced Wednesday that Chris Singleton had suffered a "Jones fracture" a break in the fifth metatarsal, the bone that runs back from the pinkie toe toward the heel that will require surgical repair and keep the third-year forward sidelined for "approximately six to eight weeks." The hits just keep on comin', Washington Wizards fans. You could go the rational route and note that a team building a nucleus around two aging big men with extensive injury histories isn't completely sustainable. But this is the Wizards. “Emeka’s professionalism and dedication to taking care of his body are among the best I have ever seen during my time in this league as a player, coach and executive and I know that he will be diligent in his efforts to return to the court as soon as possible,” said [general manager Ernie] Grunfeld.

The hits just keep on comin', Washington Wizards fans. Less than two hours after announcing that forward Chris Singleton will miss up to two months after surgery to repair a broken bone in his left foot, the team announced that starting center Emeka Oka…